Spaniard+Castas

Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Spaniard, Mestizo, Mulatto, Indian (Ayala, 17th century)

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How to calculate Limpieza de Sangre for New Christians
(conversos and moriscos)

Raza top
Raza bottom

In addition to the calculation of New Christian raza (above), there also were mozárabes. Mozárabes were the offspring of Christians (Old Christians) with Muslims (not moriscos), considered to be híbridos. See María Elena Martínez, "Genealogical Fictions: Limpieza de Sangre, Religion, and Gender in Colonial Mexico", Stanford Univ. Press, 2008, p. 142.

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